Focal and Naim Audio to be integrated into Barco NV, Belgium
Barco, a publically trading company, specialising in display technologies for healthcare, cinema and corporate applications, has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire 100% of the shares of VerVent Audio Holding, a French-British joint-stock company which owns Focal and Naim Audio audio brands. In the press-release, An Steegen, CEO of Barco, […]
Brands keeping the legacy of iconic studio mic design join Audiotonix Group
Audiotonix is a major corporate group involved in purchasing and developing companies involved in audio technologies and solutions for studio and PA markets. Among Audiotonix brand portfolio are decades-long studio, broadcast and live music household names. such as consoles manufacturers Harrison, Allen & Heath, Solid State Logic, Calrec, DiGiCo/KLANG:technologies, Sound Devices as well as diversed […]
Jérémie Malfroot acquires French amplifier brand Jadis
Jadis amplifier brand is acquired by French enterpreneur Jérémie Malfroot and will remain private. André Calmettes, a self-taught valve amplifier designer, opened the Jadis factory near Carcassonne, France in 1983, together with his friend Jean-Paul Caffi. Jadis was well known for high end amplifiers with traditional schematics and point-to-point wiring and also produced its own […]
MBL Now Owned by a Luxury Goods Company
Chow Tai Seng Jewelry Co., Ltd. established a separate business venture, MBL International, to acquire assets of a private German company MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH & Co. KG, inventor of radialstrahler loudspeaker technology and prominent high end audio manufacturer. MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH & Co. KG was put into administration by Berlin court in the end of […]
Polish Diora Brand Rescued from Liquidation by Unitra
Diora Świdnica resumes operation as a first step of takeover by another Polish hi-fi brand, Unitra. Unitra sp. z o.o. signed a lease agreement for Diora factory and re-hired about 50% of workforce which was laid off in July (see our post here). According to Unitra’s board member and future Diora CEO CEO Daniel Kostrzewa, […]
Cocktail Audio and Auralic Close Businesses, Leave Customers in Limbo
Both companies were significant players in hi-fi streamer market and their disappearance may bring considerable frustration to the customers who have bought their streaming products.It is unknown what cause Cocktail Audio, or to be more precise its mother company Novatron of Korea, to cease operations, but their range of relatively inexpensive music servers-streamers was recently […]
High End Show Appoints New Managing Director
Pending venue change in 2026, the High End Show organisers (High End Society Service GmbH) appointed Manuel Pinke as the Managing Director, effective November 1st. For 21 years High End Show was held in Munich and soon become a most important trade event for home audio worldwide. Considering that the Show is outgrowing available spaces, […]
Music pro Dirk Ulrich buys Manley Labs
Dirk Ulrich came to fame in Leverkusen, Germany as a music and media producer, running his own company Brainworx (founded 2000). In 2016 he moved to USA with his family and continued his work in developing software plugins for mastering engineers for another company of his, Plugin Alliance (founded 2011). In 2022 Dirk Ulrich sold […]
Diora Swidnica Sp. z o.o. in trouble, possible purchase by Unitra in the works
A well-known Polish OEM loudspeaker cabinet manufacturer Diora Swidnica Sp. z o.o., which also produces Diora brand loudspeakers, declared insolvency in the beginning of June and currently is in administration.Diora, unfortunately, has a long history of financial troubles and was a recipient of special government emergency financial aid packages several times. While the brand name […]
MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH & Co. KG insolvent, goes into administration
MBL, a private company in Berlin, Germany, known for proprietary loudspeaker technology (radialstrahler, or radial driver, imitating pulsating sphere), went into administration to shield the company from creditor enforcement actions after declaring insolvency on May 27, obviously due to cash flow problems. The legal process of administration is intended to preserve the valuable assets of […]
